Colleagues vs Drummoyne Round 8

It was a successful day at Blue Giant Stadium for the home side last Saturday the always formidable Mosman Rugby Club. It was the first time the clubs have met since the 2016 Grand Finals and the Kentwell, Burke and Whiddon lads all got the job done. Burke and Whiddon put on a Rugby clinic for the boys from across the harbour, notching up 95 points to Mosman’s 6. For Kentwell it was classic game of two halves. Mosman came out strong and with some lucky bounces of the ball found themselves three tries up on 25 minutes in.

But in classic Colleagues style, the Kentwell boys rallied and put on 26 unanswered points just before and after half time. The highlight coming from tighthead prop Chris Price who threw a 15m cut out pass to his front row partner Charlie Henley, surprisingly standing out on the wing, who darted down the touch line to score in the corner. Stephen Larkham would have been impressed, as were the Old Boys on the balcony.

Kentwell 32 – 26 Mosman
Burke 43 – 6 Mosman
Whiddon 52 – 0 Mosman
Judd 14 – 34 Mosman
Sutherland 19 – 5 Mosman
Halligan 15 – 7 Mosman
Barbour 17 – 17 Mosman

Tomorrow afternoon the Blue Giants will host the current leaders of the Club Championship, Drummoyne. When these sides met in round 1, the Dirty Reds lived up to their name so expect plenty of fireworks tomorrow particularly come 3:15pm when the Colleagues Kentwell side will look to be the first side to knock off the visitors this season.

Woollahra No.2 Oval

• 11am Sutherland
• 12pm Judd
• 1pm Whiddon
• 2pm Burke
• 3:15pm Kentwell

Woollahra No.3 Oval

• 12pm Halligan
• 1pm Colts 1st

Today’s headlines:

* Roving Colleagues Lion peaks early to score moral victory over the dutch: Kentwell winger, and local Irish portable larger disposal unit, Niall “Gilly” Gilhooly, has never been one to stray from contact, and true to form he hit the pubs in the sleepy harbour town of Auckland running last weekend. Typically Gilly enjoys a roving commission by Coach waters every weekend at BGS, and scouts can report that he has taken this to new heights recently by living up to the lyrics of Irish folk classic “the Wild Rover”.

As a results Jetstar stocks have plummeted due to a critical shortage to their courtesy beverage supply, as the canny Irishman exploited the little known loop hole of “No RSA over international waters”. Colleagues old boy network have phoned in varied sightings of Gilly over the weekend, starting with his smuggling of 5 liters of Jaegermeister through customs, arguing with Hostel staff over the appropriateness of drinking said Jaegermeister upon arrival, and fighting invisible enemies 12 hrs later at Eden Park. Asked for comment, Gily stated “Sure, any f*cker in a black jersey can win a bloody rogby game boi… fek it… but there is a lot to be said about drinkun the bastards unda deh table… Sure, why do you tink they call me Gily?!? cause I drink like a fish, and haven’t needed a shower in a week!”. In related news, coach Laurie Campbell recently re-stated he still won’t take Gily into Judd cup because “the #$% can’t defend and isn’t fit, when Waters and Minu get sick of him, he is going straight to Robbo with the other alcoholics”.

* “Last of the Scaffolders” narrowly avoids front row with spiffy new haircut: Following our story from a few weeks back about coach Waters genius recruitment policy of raiding local scaffolding sites, colleagues has been reduced to a thinner skeleton crew than most sites experience on Watangi day. With fellow bros Charlie “Rollerblades” McDonald and Liam “Short shorts” Nichols sidelined with a bad case of “Lions tour fever”, the pride of the shaky isles has fallen on the broad shoulders of Richard “Harvey” Harvey. As a parting gift, flat mate “RollerBlades” McDonald informed coaching staff “Chur bro, Harvey can play all across the front row aye”. Sensing blood in the water, the coaches pounced on the 89kg giant, and had him pencilled in as starting loose head in Kentwell last week. To their dismay, Harvey was one step ahead, and had invested in a “mean haircut, like that Harvey Specter dude from Suits that everyone nick names me after aye”. Colleagues legend Cam Ireland took one glance at young Harvey’s new lid and suffice to say, he Harvey has found himself relegated to the doldrums of the Judd back row to “have a long hard look at his life choices”. More to come.

*With the Australian Maccabi team now over in Israel for the 2017 Maccabi games, video has surfaced from the final fundraising dinner before the team flew out. Colleagues own Tony Kastelan can be seen in the attached video carving up the dance floor in effort to lift donations to the team. A stewardess contacted by Colleagues #fakenews revealed that Mr Kastelan spent the first leg of their trip to Tel Aviv inside the restroom and the second leg trying to recreate the same moves in the aeroplane aisle.

Colleagues players and supporters with 1888 Certified loyalty card can this week pick up some great specials down at the 1888 shop in Double Bay below Woollies and Dan Murphy’s.

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$16/kg beef sausages

$22/kg rump steak

And remember 10% of all Colleagues sales at 1888 come back to the club. If you need a Loyalty card, come by the club this Saturday.

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Tough game against Mosman last week with mixed results across the grades. The whales were definitely fired up with their players receiving a number of yellow cards for turning the game into a boxing match. Most notably in the Suthos and a colties matches! We will need to expect more of that this weekend when we take on the dirty reds. Expect a tough match in the forwards and a tough first 20 minutes in all grades. After the game we have a couple of tables booked in the Woolly for the Lions vs ABs so get in involved!

Manatee out..

Name: Benny Waters
Team Coaching: Kentwell
Date of Birth: 4 May 1977
Home Town: Narrabri
Years as a Colleagues Player: Not as many as Cam Ireland but more than Bunsen
Position(s) Played: 4,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14 & 15 plus 16-22
Highest Team played: Kentwell
Years as a Colleagues Coach: About 15
Games coached:More than Cam Ireland
Previous clubs represented: Sydney University
Greatest Colleagues memory: 5 from 5.  Best day ever.
What makes Colleagues a successful club: Good fellas playing footy for the right reasons plus Lady’s Day.

Name – Leo Guthrie
Date of Birth – 02/06/92
Height – 202cm
Weight – 80kg
Home town – Cairns, QLD #8inarow
First year at the club – 2016
Position(s) played – Wing & Prop
Highest team played – Bourke
Games played (if known) – 25+
Previous clubs represented – None
Body parts strapped for games -None
Greatest Colleagues memory – Smashing those dirty bastards from St. Pats in last years GF!
What brought you to the club – The man, the myth, the legend that is Benny Waters was my boss and told me how good it was to play at the club.
What makes Colleagues a successful club- Ladies Day usually drives numbers up and attracts some talent

Lads, our favourite Saturday masseur Artie Sanchez running a boxing class each weekday at Castlereagh Club in the city.

FIRST CLASS IS FREE

Artie is a great supporter of the club and has provided his services for a number of years so it would be great for the boys to get involved.

See the details in the flyer to get involved.

2017 Events

22nd July – Old Colleagues Day v Waverley

12th August – Ladies Day 2 v Balmain

26th August – Colleagues Black Tie Ball

9th September – Grand Final Day

16th September – Presentation Day Woollahra Hotel

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